Chief Justice Cleared of Bias Against Gays

A judicial panel in Birmingham has dismissed a bias complaint against state Chief Justice Roy Moore, who, in an opinion in a custody case, called homosexuality an “inherent evil” and said a lesbian is an unfit mother.

The gay rights group Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund alleged that Moore’s comments showed he could not be impartial.

But the Judicial Inquiry Commission said it found no violation of the Alabama Canons of Judicial Ethics.

Moore’s opinion came when the Supreme Court gave custody of three teenagers to their father in Birmingham instead of to their mother, a lesbian who lives with her partner in California.